Travel Top 5: Ghost walks in Canada

Ghosts, ghouls and goblins are everywhere. Don't believe it? Take one of these ghostly tours to have your own paranormal experience.

Stephanie Lechniak-Cumerlato
/ For Postmedia News

5. Historical Haunted Winnipeg Tour - Winnipeg, Manitoba

For two and half hours, you are driven around Winnipeg to explore hot spots where the city's ghosts like to congregate and learn what causes them to roam and what they may be trying to communicate with the living.

This description from the tour's website is enough to make you sign up on the spot: "Take part in Newfoundland's most popular paranormal event, an Ambulatory Theatrical Exploration of the Macabre, with your host, the distinguished Reverend Thomas Wyckham Jarvis, Esquire, eminent Lecturer on the Paranormal, well versed in Grimm Tales of the Vengeful Deceased, Murthers of Gruesome Dispatch, Curious Manifestations of the Holy Ghost and Historical Miscellanea." The tour has a special one-night session on Oct. 30 before returning next summer.

Old Montreal by day is a place of beauty, but by night, it can become more sinister, especially if you go hunting for ghosts. The city's history is long so its haunted by numerous denizens from the past. You can opt for a traditional ghost walk or go on a self-guided ghost hunt that lets you explore the city in a memorable way.

Vancouver has so many ghosts, that there are multiple routes that you can explore which will lead you past sites of duels, spectral nuns and even the ghost of artist Emily Carr. There's even an extreme tour for those who are not easily frightened. Be sure to leave the kids at home for that one.

Your cloaked guide will lead the way with his or her lantern as you explore the dark corners of this historic city with its prison and fort which have witnessed scenes of murder and mayhem over the years. They also offer haunted tours of Ottawa and Toronto.